Thank You for My Italian Year – Anya Farion – Italy 1988
Being awarded a Fulbright Grant to carve marble for a year in the town of Pietrasanta, Italy was a dream come true for a sculptor like myself. The situation was ideal; one was able to learn from and be inspired by the Italian craftsmen and the international community of artists who come from around the […]
Shared Wonder – Mark Liang – Macau 2019
Macau is a city of contradictions. It’s both a glittery casino hub across the bay from Hong Kong and an old colonial peninsula crammed with Portuguese churches. French Michelin-star restaurants sit side by side with cafes selling $1 milk teas brewed in pantyhose. Busses announce stops in four languages. It’s a vibrant city of immigrants […]
20th Independence Day in North Macedonia – Cassidy Henry – Macedonia 2011
I arrived in country three days before the celebration of the 20th independence day for North Macedonia in 2011. They had pulled out all the stops- military parade in the morning, activities all day long, followed by a star studded concert at night. My roommate, my language professor, and I went down to the square […]
Eagle in Mongolia – Jay Nathan – Mongolia 2008
After a class-room lecture, I was surprised by my host-professor, who said, “I am driving you to an interesting place in a mountain.” He did not say much, until we got near to a man, who happens to be an eagle-trainer. We saw him just let go of his eagle. Then, I saw the eagle […]
Paris 1968-1969: Student Strikes – Michael DeLucia – France 1968
My Fulbright to Paris was 50 years ago, during the chaotic period 1968-1969. My year began with the student strikes that swept Paris, that undermined the government and ended with the resignation of Charles de Gaulle as President. For me, it was a momentous year. I met my wife Alice, a graduate student from Middlebury […]
On the ‘Rez’ – Nafeesa Fathima Moinuddin – USA 2002
The award of the Fulbright Pre-doctoral Fellowship in 2001 supported my research on Native American literature and gave me the opportunity to experience the tribal lifestyles that I had read about in novels by authors such as Momaday, Welch, and Silko. The principal theme of these works is the deep-rooted attachment between the narrator and […]
Voices From the Center – Janeil Engelstad – Slovakia 2006
In 2006, as a Fulbright Scholar teaching at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design (AFAD) in Bratislava, I initiated conversations with new colleagues and friends about how their life had changed since the end of Socialism. I wanted to better understand the experiences of people who, like me, grew up during the Cold War. […]
Bienvenidos/Welcome – Brenda Ellen Kirk – Uruguay 2003
I was one of the first seven Americans selected as Fulbright scholars to Uruguay. I had previously hosted three sets of teachers and principals from Uruguay who had been selected by Fulbright to live with bilingual teachers in the United States for three weeks in February while Uruguayan schools were on summer break. I was […]